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1. Etymology of the English word canon

the English word canon

Derivations in English

canonist, canonize, cannon

Cognates

Catalan canya, Catalan canó, Dutch kan, Dutch canon, Dutch kanon, Dutch kunnen, English cannon, English can, English cane, French canne, French canon, German Kanne, German Kanon, German Kanone, German können, Icelandic kanna, Icelandic kanón, Icelandic kunna, Italian cannone, Italian canna, Latin canna, Norwegian kanne, Norwegian kanon, Spanish caña, Swedish kanna, Swedish kanon, Swedish kunna

Usage

Word found in Old English, Middle English, Modern English

2. Etymology of the English word canon

derived from the English word canon
derived from the Anglo-French word canunie
derived from the Latin word canonicus (canon; member of cathedral canonry; clergyman; canonical, by canons, legal; mathematician, theorist; one who constructs mathematical; regular; secular; by math divisions of monochord)
derived from the Greek word kanonikos, κανονικός
derived from the Greek word kanon, κανών (a rule ('canon'); a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary; a sphere (of activity))

Derivations in English

canonry, canoness, canonship

Usage

Word found in Array English


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